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HUD Google Glasses are real and they are coming soon — We detailed the first information about the Google [x] Glasses project in December. … Since then, we have learned much more regarding Google's glasses... Our tipster has now seen a prototype and said it looks something like Oakley Thumps (below).

New High-DPI UI Resources in 10.7.3 — Have you noticed that Safari's hovering-over-a-link pointing-finger cursor looks a little different in Mac OS X 10.7.3? It's not just that the finger is at a slightly different angle — it's a new UI resource that scales gracefully to larger sizes.

Farewell Stack Exchange — I am no longer a part of Stack Exchange. — I still have much literal and figurative stock in the success of Stack Exchange, of course, but as of March 1st I will no longer be part of the day to day operations of the company, or the Stack Exchange sites, in any way.

Those Millions on Facebook? Some May Not Actually Visit — On the first page of Facebook's prospectus for its sale of stock to the public, it pegs the number of its “monthly active users” at a whopping 845 million people. The social networking site arrives at an even more astounding number …

Designing Windows 8 or: How to Redesign a Religion — There are lot of hard jobs at Microsoft. Like the guy who collects Steve Ballmer's dry cleaning. But Sam Moreau just might have the hardest gig in Redmond. Or at least the most harrowing. Over the past five years …

Redbox pays $100 million for NCR's Blockbuster Express — Redbox announced today that it has acquired the assets NCR's entertainment business for $100 million. — NCR is a company that specializes in retail kiosks and it began operating more than 10,000 Blockbluster Express DVD kiosks …

Google to strip Chrome of SSL revocation checking — Google's Chrome browser will stop relying on a decades-old method for ensuring secure sockets layer certificates are valid after one of the company's top engineers compared it to seat belts that break when they are needed most.

Amazon S3 Price Reduction — As you can tell from my recent post on Amazon S3 Growth for 2011, our customers are uploading new objects to Amazon S3 at an incredible rate. We continue to innovate on your behalf to drive down storage costs and pass along the resultant savings to you at every possible opportunity.

Commentary: Is the Open Web Doomed? Open Your Eyes and Relax — We asked veteran technology writer and investor Esther Dyson, a longtime friend of Personal Democracy, for her thoughts on a current controversy: is the open web dying? —The Editors — I'm wading into an argument that I think may be overblown.

Intel SSD 520 review roundup: too expensive — The first reviews of the Intel SSD 520 were published today, giving us a good idea of whether or not Intel's latest solid-state drive deserves to find its way into your next laptop, HTPC or gaming rig. — PC Perspective, Tech Report, AnandTech …

Adobe Puts Flash for Firefox in a Sandbox — Love it or hate it, but Adobe's Flash plugin is likely one of the world's most widely distributed pieces of software. Given its popularity, it doesn't come as a surprise that Flash is also popular with hackers, who do their best to exploit flaws in it.